TinCanMan wrote:
>>http://www.hostriot.com/072002/New-Buttons.jpg
>>
>>I'm was redoing the buttons because I didn't like how they looked.
>>Right now I'll be adding a slightly more curved edge at the ring on top
>>of the button.  I also switched over to the image_pattern method which I
>>found to work better since now I get the phong interaction with the
> 
> lights.
> 
> Looks good so far.
> 
> You should still get the phong interaction with image_map if you specify it
> in the finish.  The difference would be that you could have a different
> phong value for the image and for the rest of the button with image_pattern.
> 
> If you are having dificulty getting the shape you want with CSG, you may
> want to look at 'surface of revolution' or 'lathe'
> -tgq
> 
> 

http://www.hostriot.com/072002/Buttons-2.png

I changed the cylinder getting cut by the sphere with the guy on it to a 
superellipsoid object.  It allowed me to make a cylinder object with 
rounded top.  Much easier and less code :-)

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